Karachi Relief Trust

ABOUT US

ABOUT KRT

In 2007, KRT started by providing relief to those impacted by Cyclone Yemyin in Baluchistan and Sindh. Since then, we have extended support to sustain and rehabilitate victims of various natural disasters. Our Rural Rehabilitation Program made possible through the generous support of donors and partners, has helped us rebuild houses, develop village infrastructure, and restore normalcy to the lives of those affected by natural disasters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, KRT led relief efforts for day-wagers in Karachi by digitizing the ration distribution process and brought 41 NGOs onto one digital platform to make distribution more effective. Our volunteers regularly prepare and distribute emergency rations, transport relief goods, and actively participate in rebuilding homes in the affected areas. Since the 2022 megafloods, we aim to build 25,000 houses in Sindh, Baluchistan, and Punjab.

Major initiatives:

Mission

To provide emergency relief and medical intervention to sustain families displaced by calamities by leveraging technology and through partnerships and collaboration to re-settle them; we intend to bring about sustainable holistic change in their lives through effective implementation of the SGDs of poverty alleviation, malnutrition, hunger, health & hygiene education, clean water and sanitation. We believe in open sourcing all our successful interventions and helping others in replicating to achieve scale and bring about paradigm shifting positive change in Pakistan.

Vision

To Support communities affected by Natural or manmade calamities, through reaching, rescuing, sustaining and rehabilitation. We view calamities as opportunities to better the lives of affectees and stem rural to urban migration by providing sustainable housing, vocational training and sustained engagement to lift communities out of poverty, empower them and build a brighter future in their ancestral areas of residence.